# Jhanka Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Jhanka

Jhanka is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,652 people in 372 households**, the 21st largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,652people (2011)
- 372households
- 72.6%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jhanka

Of every 100 households in Jhanka in 2011, 40 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhanka · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**66%

Use banking services ****31%**

**45%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**36%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Jhanka?

■ Jhanka · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**939

Working population ****47.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 61.5% for women. 61% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 353 (45%) · **■** Marginal 309 (40%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Saltora

- Dightor1,686 people
- Katabaid1,665 people
- Ledapalash1,665 people
- Haroka1,660 people
- Udaypur1,649 people
- Shalroha1,552 people
- Rautara1,551 people
- Tentularakh1,474 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jhanka?1,652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhanka in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jhanka?72.6% (Census 2011)